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Re: Ask HN: How is the remote vs in-person trend looking?

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Post by nine_k »

CoffeeOnWrite wrote: post #39
ketzo wrote: post #18

This doesn't quite answer your trend, but personal anecdote: I recently switched jobs, and as part of my job interview process, I was pretty firm about only looking for companies that were working at least part of the week in the office. I just really thrive on in-person work. Fast forward a few weeks... and I ended up taking a job with a startup that was fully remote. I loved their product, loved the founders, loved…

I'm happy for you! Out of curiosity, did your current housing situation provide the space for a comfortable and productive home office, or is this unexpected development putting pressure on your housing situation? (If you're part of a trend, that has implications for preferred housing layout and square footage. And, of course people in different housing situations should be expected to respond differently to fully-re…

> my humble abode appears on video

Isn't blurring the background, or using a virtual background, nearly universal now? (Around me, it is.)

Re: Ask HN: How is the remote vs in-person trend looking?

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Post by CoffeeOnWrite »

nine_k wrote: post #101
CoffeeOnWrite wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm happy for you! Out of curiosity, did your current housing situation provide the space for a comfortable and productive home office, or is this unexpected development putting pressure on your housing situation? (If you're part of a trend, that has implications for preferred housing layout and square footage. And, of course people in different housing situations should be expected to respond differently to fully-re…

> my humble abode appears on video Isn't blurring the background, or using a virtual background, nearly universal now? (Around me, it is.)

It's fairly popular in my organization yes, but too much trouble for me until/unless Google Meet supports it in Firefox.

Re: Ask HN: How is the remote vs in-person trend looking?

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Post by sofixa »

bobthepanda wrote: post #92
goodpoint wrote: post #79

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> perceived status implications when my humble abode appears I would rather focus on the quality of someone's work than "status". Also, you can't find a "neutral" wall or window in 600sq?!

At such square footage I would imagine most wall space is taken up by furniture. Window is kinda bad since direct light makes cameras bad.

For reference 600 sq ft is 55.742 sq m, which is a decent appartement for a single person in Paris, or a couple without kids. I've been to numerous apartments of a similar size and you can easily find a neutral(-ish, there can be a bookcase(??) and it's still neutral) wall.

Re: Ask HN: How is the remote vs in-person trend looking?

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Post by jedberg »

jelling wrote: post #37

For some hard data, in San Francisco and NYC, the mass transit agencies are starting to plan for never getting back to full ridership again. And by plan, I mean starting to ask for federal funding to keep the systems alive (which I think they should) because the fare revenue is never going to return to pre-pandemic levels but the physical plant remains just as expensive to operate. Keep in mind: these are two of the…

I've noticed interesting trends in the Bay Area. Up until about three weeks ago, traffic during rush hour was lighter than pre-pandemic. But about three weeks ago, traffic in the south bay (specifically 280N from 85 to 101) has returned to pre-pandemic levels.

However, just last week I drove home from SF to Cupertino at 5pm and did it in 54 minutes (which is basically $min_time). Pre-pandemic that drive would have been 90+ minutes.

Re: Ask HN: How is the remote vs in-person trend looking?

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Post by michaelbuckbee »

CoffeeOnWrite wrote: post #39
ketzo wrote: post #18

This doesn't quite answer your trend, but personal anecdote: I recently switched jobs, and as part of my job interview process, I was pretty firm about only looking for companies that were working at least part of the week in the office. I just really thrive on in-person work. Fast forward a few weeks... and I ended up taking a job with a startup that was fully remote. I loved their product, loved the founders, loved…

I'm happy for you! Out of curiosity, did your current housing situation provide the space for a comfortable and productive home office, or is this unexpected development putting pressure on your housing situation? (If you're part of a trend, that has implications for preferred housing layout and square footage. And, of course people in different housing situations should be expected to respond differently to fully-re…

Good lighting, a decent (almost anything other than the built-in) webcam and using software blur on your background will give you a better setup than 90% of other folks for not that much money.

Re: Ask HN: How is the remote vs in-person trend looking?

#107

Post by mateo411 »

mathverse wrote: post #51
tarentel wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It really shouldn't be. It doesn't take long or much effort to send a quick boilerplate email saying they're not hiring you.

It is especially bad cuz i sent a follow up email asking them about the status etc. no reply whatsoever

You probably don't want to work at a company that behaves that way.

Re: Ask HN: How is the remote vs in-person trend looking?

#108

Post by Tainnor »

timr wrote: post #19
rebeccaskinner wrote: post #4

My guess is that the current market conditions will accelerate the market toward whatever the new normal will be. Companies that hated having to give into demands for remote work will use this as leverage to get people back into the office. Companies that were going to look at remote work as a way to save costs (either by hiring from cheaper regions, saving on real estate costs, or both) will be pushed into those dec…

> decrease worker efficiency by encouraging repeated Covid exposure leading to both more short term leave due to sick employees and less effective employees in the long run due to long Covid PSA: this is wild speculation. There's no definition of what "long covid" is, and there's certainly no evidence that it is made worse by getting Covid more than once. If anything, the opposite is true: we know that repeat infecti…

Regardless of your feelings and convictions around it, covid and its effects on the workforce are definitely something that many managers think a lot about, so even if what you said were true, it still wouldn't change corporate responses at least in the short to medium term.

Re: Ask HN: How is the remote vs in-person trend looking?

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Post by drakonka »

CoffeeOnWrite wrote: post #39
ketzo wrote: post #18

This doesn't quite answer your trend, but personal anecdote: I recently switched jobs, and as part of my job interview process, I was pretty firm about only looking for companies that were working at least part of the week in the office. I just really thrive on in-person work. Fast forward a few weeks... and I ended up taking a job with a startup that was fully remote. I loved their product, loved the founders, loved…

I'm happy for you! Out of curiosity, did your current housing situation provide the space for a comfortable and productive home office, or is this unexpected development putting pressure on your housing situation? (If you're part of a trend, that has implications for preferred housing layout and square footage. And, of course people in different housing situations should be expected to respond differently to fully-re…

I live in a 48sqm apartment and never even thought about this. I work usually either from my little desk and kneeling chair in my bedroom or my couch. My remote coworkers at different levels have all kinds of stuff in their backgrounds - pets, kids, books, walls, posters, clutter, paintings, and thinking back I have not once found myself judging them negatively _or_ positively for it. A candidate judging your house in an interview seems super awkward - for the candidate. What a weird thing to comment on.
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